PPG Las Week 4

Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region V
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SORSOGON
PILAR CLUSTER
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PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET
QUARTER 1 WEEK 4
LEARNING AREA: POWER
I. Introductory concept
One of the central concepta and issues of political science is power :Who wields
it?How is it shared ,checked ,or monopolized ?How can power and its consequences be
controlled to gain benefits?
You may not know it but we may be affected the play of power ,in its political sense,in
our everyday life.In the same way,each of us wields power on other people ,things,or
situations.
This Lesson presents the different definitions and aspects of power in political
science.Not only will the students be able to recognize power,but they will also be
responsible in using it to avoid abuse in its usage ,as well as to give due respect to
others who have power over them
II. Learning Competencies
Analyze the nature, dimension/types, and consequences of power
DEFINITION AND NATURE OF POWER

From the Latin verb potere meaning “to be able” (Power is being able, physically,
intellectually, or a combination both, to achieve what one wants. Power is a matter of
getting people to do what they would not otherwise have done.
DIMENSIONS OF POWER
1. AUTHORITY- Authority creates its own power so long as people accept that the person
in authority has the right to make decisions. It is a broader concept than power. Where
power is the capacity to act, authority is the acknowledge right to do so. It exists when
subordinates accept the capacity of superior to give legitimate orders.
TYPES OF AUTHORITY (WEBER IN ETHRIDGE & HANDELMAN,2004)8

CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY – It is an influence possessed by person by virtue of their
personal magnetism. It flows not from the legal basis of one’s power but an individual‘s
personal “gifts”.
RATIONAL- LEGAL AUTHORITY- It is a leadership base on established law. People obey the
leader or executive because they accept his or her power under the law.
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY – The leadership is based from the culture that its people often
give allegiance to the one who occupies the institutional positions.
COERCIVE AUTHORITY – The power to use force such as police or military force to demand
obedience from the subordinate.
2. LEGITIMACY – comes from the Latin legitimare, meaning to be declare lawful. Denotes
a general belief that the state’s power to make and enforce rules are justified and
proper. When governmental authority is based on legitimacy, citizens feel they have a
duty or obligation to obey, or abide by, what the government legislates.
THREE TYPES OF POWER

CONDIGN OR COERCIVE – power refers to brute force. This means the ability to inflict
punishment on someone if they don’t obey. Courts, police forces and armies are the
principal instruments of condign power.
COMPENSATORY power means the ability to get what you want by exchanging something
of value and of course the principal instrument of compensatory power is money.
CONDITIONED OR INFLUENCE power refers to public opinion, and the instrument of
conditioned power are education and persuasion. The trick is to get people to obey you of
their own free will.
SOURCES OF POWER CONSEQUENCES OF POWER

Conditioned Power (Expert and referent Commitment
power)
Legitimate Power Compliance
Compensatory Power (Reward power) Resistance
Condign or Coercive Power
III. Activities
a. Let us practice
1. What do you notice about the pictures?

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2. What do they have in common?

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b. Generalization: FILL-BOX
Directions: Recognize the following different leaders in our community/society listed in
the table below. Analyze the nature, dimensions/types, and consequences of power
they have. The first (Situation Analysis) will serve as your guide.
PEOPLE/LEADER DIMENSION OF TYPES OF POWER CONSEQUENCES
POWER
teacher authority expert commitment
President of the
Country
Priest
Police/Army
Barangay Captain
Parent
Actor/actress
c. Evaluation
TRUE or FALSE
_______1. Politics always involves the exercise of power by one person or persons
to
another person or persons.
_______2. In order to influence a person there must be an authority which is the
right
to change another person.
_______3. Power is just a mere ingredient in politics.
_______4. If legitimacy is lost, authority will still be accepted by subordinates.
_______5. Personal power is used for personal gain.
IV. Rubric
Answer may vary
V. REFLECTION
How does abuse of power affects the society?
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I. Answer key
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE
II. References
https://www.google.com/search?
Meriam dictionary
PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE (WORKBOOK FOR SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL)( Manuel F. Deligente, MAED, A.B., Ph. D (Cand.)Esmeraldo G. Guillermo, MAED;
BPM; A.B.Leopoldo Cinco-Catchuela, Ll.B; MPA; A.B.)
https://olfu.instructure.com/courses/56334/files/2980299?module_item_id=3712048
https://www.scribd.com/document/498301386/Philippine-Politics-and-Governance
Department of Education – Region III Nicolas T. Capulong, PhD, CESO V, Ronelo Al K.
Firmo, PhD, CESO V, Librada M. Rubio, PhD
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/education/classrooms/upload/Concept-Map-Scoring-
Rubric.pdf
Department of Education Region III- Learning Resources
Management Section (DepEd Region III-LRMS)
Prepared by:
AARON F. GALIT
MTSNHS/T-I

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Republic of the Philippines

PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

DEFINITION AND NATURE OF POWER

TYPES OF AUTHORITY (WEBER IN ETHRIDGE & HANDELMAN,2004)8

THREE TYPES OF POWER

SOURCES OF POWER CONSEQUENCES OF POWER

1. What do you notice about the pictures?

2. What do they have in common?

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